Evaluation

I am both pleased and disappointed with my final piece. Admittedly, my final piece was very different to what i had previously planned, due to both a change of ideas and the fact that some scenes were proving to be exceptionally hard to film. The structure of my film changed dramatically, as I felt that a sense of repetition would prove to be better than a normal structure, In the end I was particuarly pleased with my choice of structure. I felt that some of the camera work may appear rushed and extremely amateur, however, I was pleased with other parts, I believe that i should have included the use of a tripod in all my scenes, so not all of it was shakey. Some of my scenes had to be perfect within one take as I could only take them once. Although initially my film was going to include stop motion as well as live action, I opted not to do so for the sake of both time and effect. I think that I originally only had a small concept that would give full illustration of my idea to the audience, hoever, I believe that my final film allowed the audience to interpret it in their own individual way. My soundtrack music was easy to create, but I feel that added a unique atmosphere to my film as one member of the audience quoted "It felt like it was never going to end", which is just what i was aiming for, as well as to create an sense of Unease and edginess, for my editing I made some scenes in black and white and even reversed some, i think that this added well to the way that the audience may interpret my piece. I only decided toreverse some of the scenes during editing as I felt that it would look better visually, and it also sped up the scene as it was too long at the time. The thing that I was probbaly most pleased with was my exhibition, I did this in a dark room and projected my film against a friends back, although the film was still easy to view, I believe that it was a rather unique way to show it and the exhibition itself added to the experience of viewing the film. The part that I was most disappointed with was the fact I did not include all ideas for shots, I took nearly a third of them out, and admittedly the final film looks nothing like the original storyboard, I think that If I had taken the time to film these shots, my final piece would be better compiled and could flow better. All in all, I would say that I am pleased with both my reaction and audeience reaction to my final piece, and although it was not as originally intended it came out better than I had hoped in some ways.